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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Johannes A. GaertnerTo speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.

Anne FrankI do not think of all the misery, but of the glory that remains. Go outside into the fields, nature and the sun, go out and seek happiness in yourself and in God. Think of the beauty that again and again discharges itself within and without you and be happy.

Melody BeattieGratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Fred De Witt Van AmburghNone is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.

John Fitzgerald KennedyAs we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

H. U. WestermayerThe Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.

W.J. CameronThanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.

Meister EckhartIf the only prayer you said in your whole life was “thank you,” that would suffice.

Edward Sandford MartinThanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.

E.P. PowellThanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.

W.T. PurkiserNot what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

Theodore RooseveltLet us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.